{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-5/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Rule 24 of the local elections rules (equipment of polling stations)",
  "text": "(1) After paragraph (1) of rule 24 of the local elections rules there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) A different ballot box shall be used for the poll at the local government election from the ballot box or ballot boxes used for the Scottish parliamentary election.”.\n(2) For rule 24(5) of the local elections rules there shall be substituted—\n“(5) A notice in the form O3 set out in the Appendix to the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 shall be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside and outside every polling station.\n(5A) In every compartment of every polling station there shall be exhibited a notice in the form X set out in the Appendix to the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010.\n(5B) The forms referred to in paragraphs (5) and (5A) may be used with such variations as the circumstances may require.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 25 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2999/schedule/5/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:23.922800+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}